Abstract: A load orienting receptacle for a carton loading machine for use in loading lightbulbs into an open end of a carton. The receptacle has a trough in which a slipway extends to an open discharge end. The slipway has an open upper end for admitting a lightbulb to a load orienting portion thereof spaced inwardly from the discharge end. The load orienting portion has opposite sides which converge downwardly to form a downwardly directed laterally inclined chute. The opposite sides are spaced from one another a sufficient distance to support the bulbous end of a light bulb above the bottom of the trough while permitting the narrow end thereof to be laterally deflected as it passes downwardly along the chute to come to rest in the trough thereby to laterally offset the narrow end with respect to the bulbous end of the bulb prior to discharge through the open discharge end of the trough.

Abstract: A handle for a carrier bag comprising an elongated band of flexible material having a high tensile strength, said band having a pair of arm portions which extend to opposite ends of a bridge portion which extends therebetween, a mounting panel having a mounting face secured to said arm portions and said bridge so as to initially retain said arm portions and said bridge in a substantially coplanar relationship in which said arm portions extend in a first direction, said mounting panel projecting laterally from said arms so as to be mountable on a wall of a carrier bag to secure said band thereto in said coplanar relationship, said mounting panel being severable to release said bridge portion to permit movement thereof relative to said arms.

Abstract: In known air filter assemblies, a mechanism provided for vacuum cleaning of the filter has been located entirely on the upstream side of the filter. In the present filter assembly the vacuum head is mounted on a carriage which is located on the upstream side of the frame which supports the filter and a major portion of the drive mechanism which drives the carriage relative to the filter frame is located on the downstream side of the filter frame. This arrangement serves to reduce the likelihood of contamination of the drive mechanism.

Abstract: The invention is a coupler for interconnecting the ends of two fluid conduits wherein the connectors are each mounted inwardly of the open end of respective cupped members; the cupped members telescope one over the other and one of them has a flared end to assist in the initial alignment of the telescoping action. The connectors connect with each other to establish fluid flow as the cupped members are telescoped together.

Abstract: A wave making machine for substantially unidirectional wave making on a water surface comprises at least one support scow, a plunger supported by each scow by means of a linkage which limits the movement of the plunger to substantially vertical movement and a drive mechanism for driving the plunger between a raised position and a lowered position. The plunger has a front face at least a portion of which is upwardly and forwardly inclined and a back face which is substantially vertically oriented whereby upon periodic motion waves are generated at the front face and substantially no waves are generated at the back face of the plunger. A plurality of scows, each supporting a wave making plunger, may be connected in a side by side relationship to form a laterally elongated wave making mechanism. The scrows are connected by movable linkage mechanisms which permit independent movement of each adjacent scow.

Abstract: A spineboard for immobilizing a prostrate patient comprises a body supporting board having a body restraint harness which consists of two lengths of flexible material each having a proximal end retained on the board at or adjacent the center of the width thereof. Each length of the harness has a sufficient extent to extend from the proximal end in a first direction around to the body of the patient to be secured to the board adjacent a side edge of the board remote from the proximal end. The body restraint harness is slidably mounted on the board so as to be positionable at any required point along the length of the patient. The body restraint harness also includes a shoulder harness and a head harness for immobilizing the patient. To facilitate the mounting and release of the distal end of each length of the harness, the side edges of the board are formed with a mounting edge over which hooks located at the end of the harness may hook.

Abstract: A housing, which is particularly suitable as an indoor greenhouse, is provided. The housing comprises a frame which has a base with a lower surface, and a plurality of elongated parallel support members. The support members are connected to the base so as to extend therefrom perpendicular to the lower surface, and perpendicularly through respective alternate apices of a first, substantially regular polygon. The frame also has a top which is connected between a top end of each of the support members. The housing also comprises connecting means attached to the frame for connecting a pair of rectangular doors to it so that each is movable between an open and a closed position. The connecting means also connects the doors to the frame so that the pair extend between the base, the top, and a pair of adjacent support members, and perpendicularly through respective adjacent sides of the first polygon, when both doors are in the closed position.

Abstract: A fuel control system for use in supplying gaseous fuel from a high pressure source to an internal combustion engine which has an air/fuel intake through which air and gaseous fuel is supplied to the engine and an air/fuel intake manifold in which variations in the vacuum are indicative of engine loading conditions. The system comprises; a pressure regulator, a flow control valve, a control for measuring the speed of the engine, a modulator for modulating the fuel supply and a pressure control device communicating with said pressure regulator to increase or decrease the pressure in the gaseous fuel output in response to the receipt of a signal from the modulator. The pressure regulator receives pressurized gaseous fuel from the source and serves to maintain a constant pressure in the discharging fuel for a given engine speed regardless of flow rate and to increase or decrease the pressure in the discharging gaseous fuel in response to an increase or decrease in engine speed.

Abstract: An apparatus to permit inspection of an object. The apparatus has a track with which the object can move. There is a carriage to carry the object along with the track. A clamp holds the object as it moves. An inspection zone is positioned on the track. There is a brake to stop the object moving along with the track at the inspection zone and the object is rapidly rotated in the inspection zone so it may be inspected, for example, by camera.

Abstract: A method of making a cast concrete panel with coarse aggregate exposed on its upper face as cast comprising the steps of pouring and compacting wet concrete having a coarse aggregate content into a casting bed, leveling the upper surface of the concrete to the desired height by means that includes the passage thereover of a screed roller rotating in a direction to push excess surface concrete in advance of the screed roller, lifting coarse aggregate towards the upper surface of the concrete in advance of the screed roller by passing the free ends of rotating aggregate lifter arms through the concrete, the aggregate lifter-arms being spaced apart a distance to support coarse aggregate therebetween, whereby to lift and concentrate coarse aggregate in the wet concrete towards the surface, and to deposit a high concentration of coarse aggregate in front of said screed roller, said aggregate lifter arms being mounted radially of a rotating shaft that rotates in the opposite direction to the direction of rotation o

Abstract: A leaded came type window wherein the basic window pane is continuous, the ornamental lites are laminated to the basic pane, the ornamental lites are of substantial thickness, and the came is a channel member with its edges conformed to the marginal areas of the lamination.

Abstract: The invention is an adjustable cap with a back opening and a strip of adjustable length whereby the cap can be adjusted as to size that has an inband that can be stored in the head cover or folded downwardly to cover the ears. The inband pattern has an upper edge that curves downwardly on each side of a center portion so that when it is sewn into the cap the end portions of the inband are stressed to bias them inwardly to hug the head and ears in use.

Abstract: A processing apparatus for sludge and liquid waste comprising a wheeled vehicle having a frame, a drum type mixer mounted for rotation on said frame, motive power means including a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic motor for rotating said drum type mixer mounted on said frame operable in response to output from said hydraulic pump, waste feed means mounted on said frame, a hydraulic motor for said waste feed means on said frame operable in response to the output of said pump for feeding waste into the input end of said mixer, storage means on said frame for storing a supply of processing agent for said waste, processing agent feed supply means on said frame a hydraulic motor for said processing agent feed means on said frame operable in response to output of said pump for feeding processing agents from said storage means to said mixer, delivery means mounted on said frame for delivering output from said drum type mixer for conveyance to a remote location, valve control means for supplying output of said pump to sai

Abstract: A gang of adjacent hooks of a longline are located in a side-by-side spaced relationship. The gang of hooks are retained in a fixed position with respect to one another while bait is impaled on the hooks. The bait is cut into individual bait portions for each of the hooks.

Abstract: A mold for use in molding paint brush heads comprises a pair of mold forming assemblies adapted to form a mold cavity therebetween. Each of the assemblies comprises an upper segment and a lower segment which are adapted to be retained in an end to end relationship, the lower segment having a length through which a bristle knot can be inserted with ease. A molding machine for use in molding ferruleless paint brush heads is also disclosed in which there is provided the improvement of a mold assembly comprising a first pair of molding belts, each having oppositely disposed forward run portions extending continuously through a bristle loading station and then through at least one molding station. The forward run portions of the first molding belts have dividers extending therebetween which form plurality of mold cavities proportioned to receive the proximal end of a bristle knot therebetween. A second pair of molding belts each having a forward run portion are also provided.

Abstract: A carrier bag which is convertible between a body support configuration and a hand support configuration consists of a vest and two purse segments. The two purse segments are connected one at the lower edge of each front panel of the vest. A zip fastener as provided for connecting the pouch segments to one another in a face-to-face relationship to form a garment storage compartment between which is proportioned to accommodate the vest. The pouch is supported in close proximity to the torso of the wearer when the garment is worn and the garment may be stored within the garment storage compartment when the segments of the pouch are in the face-to-face relationship so that it may be carried as a handbag.

Abstract: This invention relates to a plastics cellular material and to a process for production of a plastics cellular material. The plastics cellular material has a resin binder and is characterized by the inclusion of products of the reaction of polyester resins and epoxy-based vinyl esters in the presence of surfactants. The process includes taking a first mixture of an unsaturated fast curing polyester resin, epoxy-based vinyl esters, copolymerizeable monomers, a finely dispersed gas releasing salt, hardening accelerators, finely dispersed surfactants, and fillers. The process also includes taking a second mixture is mixed that includes an acidic solution, for reaction with the gas releasing salt as a blowing agent, and organic catalysts. The two mixtures are combined to form a third mixture that will foam in a controllable manner and cure to produce a foam material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a moulded container of the type commonly made from wood pulp fiber and used for packaging eggs. The container has a cover with an opening through which eggs contained in cells in the tray portion can be viewed. The cells are partially defined by a series of posts and the cover has a rib that engages with the tops of the posts. The viewing opening is on either side of the rib and there is provision in the cover for resilient fingers that extend downwardly and outwardly of the rib and into the cell to engage with an egg to stabilize it in its respective cell.

Abstract: In a heat pump having a heat source, a heat sink and a thermal storage heat exchanger in which heat energy is cyclically accumulated and discharged by circulation of a secondary refrigerant therethrough, the improvement wherein: the secondary refrigerant is a aqueous solution having a concentration which is below its Eutetic concentration, the heat sink is adapted to super cool the aqueous solution to partially freeze it to generate a partially frozen solution in which fine ice particles are retained in suspension, the thermal storage heat exchanger has a storage chamber adapted to receive said partially frozen solution from the heat sink and to separate the ice particles from the liquid phase refrigerant to form a porous ice bed and a substantially ice free liquid bath, and wherein the thermal storage heat exchanger is adapted to receive heated refrigerant and to discharge the heated refrigerant into said chamber such that it is placed in intimate contact with the ice bed in a manner such that it may pass th